I don't know about where is boat is located for winter storage or if he can even get to it. For me (same area in the country ) it is not the putting the boat in, or the boat tracks back in, but the re-winterizing and taking out of the tracks that I am not a fan of. The dry suit helps, but until you get an ice cream headache riding even when your head is dry and you're wearing a ninja mask, you don't know cold! SoCal...you probably have your full wetsuit out already!

Ummm...Spring suit here right now. Coldest for me 45 deg F. Plenty of peeps on this board who ride with ice. If that is what you have to deal with, then deal with it. Do you prefer cold glass or warm soup?

I'm with Brooke on this one...I'm into wakeboarding because I really enjoy it and have no stress while on the water. It is an escape for me from 'normal' life. Escaping into a situation where I'm in a permanent teeth-chattering shiver is not 'fun'. That numb hands, aching head, can't wait until we go home feeling is just not worth butter for me. I'll just wait until spring

ill ride as long as its phisically possible. if your riding hard enough then your warm enough to forget about the cold. just make sure theres a heater on the boat. pull that hose out and get under a blanket and the thaw process is a breeze

Drysuit = Dry, add sweatpants, & sweatshirt & ride. We ride all the time, I think we even rode on New Years Day or the day after...I forget but theres nothing like having the whole lake to yourself. If your worried about your fingers, Barts sells rubber gloves w/ cloth glove inserts.

I've got a good one...Thanksgiving is the new Labor Day in S.A. Texas. On Wednesday, we were out boarding, kids swimming off the platform like it was August, air temp: 82, water temp: 76. I still had sunscreen on at 3:00 and got sunburn. Woke up Thursday to temps in the 50's. Friday and Saturday: High was 45, raining, and witches teet cold! Almost a 40 degree turn-around in two days. I'm tellin' you...we have NO Fall here.

I just know a lot of you don't understand. People who don't have to worry about their block cracking if you leave it without antifreeze for more than a night and people who can go out in the winter. You have no idea!

Our lake is not even ridable due to ice. If I didn't have to spend the hours to re-winterize the boat, I'd be out there! I'm lucky, I have the choice if the lake is open, I can go. Lots of my friends tow their boats to some storage facility, barn, warehouse and can't even get at it if they want to until spring when all of the other boats are out of the way, the ground isn't too soggy to pull the boat out of wherever it is and the lake is thawed. Then, hope we don't get a cold spell while your boat is sitting on the lift because you took it out a few weeks early.